High Court: Birmingham

Richard Burden: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many High Court Judge sitting days there were in Birmingham for  (a) criminal cases,  (b) the Family Division,  (c) the Chancery Division,  (d) the Mercantile Court,  (e) the Technology and Construction Court and  (f) the other areas of the Queen's Bench Division in each of the last four years.

Maria Eagle: Figures for the number of High Court judge sittings in Birmingham for the last four years are shown in the following table.
	
		
			   2004-05  2005-06  2006-07  2007-08 
			 Crime 352 397 375 474 
			 Family 168 180 211 215.5 
			 Chancery and Mercantile 318 406 385.75 376 
			 Technology and Construction 179 167.5 171.5 187.5 
			 Other Queen's Bench 426 386.5 467 445.5 
			 Total 1,443 1,537 161,025 16,985